Originally recorded at the end of July but missed the release window. This mix has a nice healthy dose of garage in the centre, but the last third is just straight up fire. The Riva Starr mix of Dennis Ferrer's Hey Hey from 2020 is the highlight for me. Everytime I hear it it gets me going. Genius. Other standout tracks this month, "The Situation", "Better Days" and Dennis Quins quality garage take on Lood's classic Shout-N-Out. So many great mixes of that track to chose from but I love the vibe...
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 298
So last month I started the annual classics series with the 2005 mix. This week I flipped it round and did a mix based on the month I bought the music. Since it's July that's the month I went with. I have done this a couple of times on Pressure Radio with a Junes and Decembers mix. It's fun and helps you reconnect with older music you may not have heard for years. When I started the mix and looked in my music folders I realised that July isn't a common month for me. Up to 2017 I have most years ...
Jul 18, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 297
Where do we start with this one. Started off as a regular guest mix show with Emma (aka em_laa) who previously appeared on the show back at the start of the year. However we were having so much fun that when we cut the feed for the radio we carried on for another 2hrs. Yes that's right this is an almost four hour mix. And I can tell you it's chock full of sexy smooth deep house and soulful house goodness. It's hard to tell who is playing at any given time, unless you know our sound and music col...
Jul 04, 2025•4 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 296
This mix marks the start of a new series - Back To - in which I dedicate a whole show to a specific year. It's not the first time I've done it. There are three or four such mixes from the old Pressure Radio days. The different this time is consistency. You see I didn't have any theme for the one of my weekly slots. We already have a new mix, crate digging, a guest DJ and now going forward we'll have a Back To. I can go all the way back to 1990 which gives us 37 months before we repeat a year!! W...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 295
Released just in the nick of time. This is another mix that's been on repeat in my car, on my headphones for a couple of weeks now. I love the flow between the first two tracks, you realise it's a different song it just sounds like the first song moves into a new section. We have a big helping of Mr V in this mix. All tracks you've heard in my mixes before but with a twist. Each is a remix from the likes of Louie Vega, Reelsoul & Dennis Quin and sound very different to the originals as they ...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 294
Apologies for the late arrival of the May mix. Ironically it was recorded on April 30th's radio show, but as per you the perfectionist in me wasn't 100% happy with the flow and had intentions of re-doing later in the month which of cause didn't happen. However the more I listened to the mix the more I fell in love with it. Now I don't hear any issues or flaws in it! The tunes in the mix really are top shelf. I feel I got lucky when I went shopping on TraxClart because it's rare these days to lan...
Jun 28, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 293
This is a fun mix from May this year. Just before the start of the show I thought of playing only Copyright and Liquid People music since they were both big UK producing duos of the 00's and I had a decent amount of both of their catalogue. Very much unplanned so no idea how it would turn out. Would there be enough variation in energy to allow the mix to flow? Luckily there was bucket loads. I wasn't initially going to release the mix as I wanted to have a go at programming a tighter set - the p...
Jun 21, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 292
This weeks show was a crate digging session. A digital crate dig, not sure what the word for that is. Music ranges between 1995 and 2012 with the majority of tunes coming from the 00's The whole mix manages to stay on a Soulful house vibe, very unual I know. Not sure what happened I must have been in a chilled mood. There is a little Subliminal section from the early days in there for the die hards. Still looking to get the May mix out. I did it on two different shows and now I can't decide whic...
Jun 04, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 291
Another special guest show and this month I'm proud to present good friend and Sydney legend DJ Dante Rivera, founder of Klubhouse and countless other Sydney events over the years. Dante was partly responsible for my exposure to Sydney clubbers. He was the first person to reach out post Covid to ask if I would play for Klubhouse. That set has resulted in me playing for multiple promoters around the city. Anyone that knows Dante knows to expect ass shaking Latin House vibes all the way and he did...
May 08, 2025•2 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 290
This mix is a recording from the set I played for Night Safari on March 22nd at Carousel in Sydney. Carousel is a relatively new club that recently got voted one of the top clubs in the world!! It's somewhere I go regularly, the sound system alone cost $600k AUD! Funktion one throughout, even in the bathroom they have a small Funktion One! It's been a dream of mine to play there ever since it opened. The DJ Booth is so cool, elevated above the dancefloor, but surrounded by VIP. The decks sit on ...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 289
We had another special guest DJ on the show this week, DJ So Michael from Sydney. Tried to get him on before Xmas, but you know Xmas. So glad we didn't let it slip and so here we are. Sol is a very rare talent having started DJing at the very tender age of eight! By 14 he was playing in Sydney's clubs warming up for the likes of Dave Lee (back when he had his cool name) no less. His Mum was a raver waaaay back in the day which exposed Sol to Acid House, Hip House and everything else going on ove...
Apr 17, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 288
Full write up over the weekend. For now, here is the recording from this week's show. Theme ended up being 00's which in turn ended up being a homage to Soulfuric with a couple of exceptions. This is a 90% vinyl mix on a radio show. There are a few dodgy transitions, I hope it doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the overall mix. I normally don't release mixes with ropey transitions, but the tunes are too good not to share.
Mar 07, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 287
Finally broke my Soul of Sydney duck. I went to their very first party at Sydney Park maybe 14 years ago with my then two little boys. The youngest who was only two took to it like a duck. He dragged me into the middle of the makeshift dancefloor and started dancing. He didn't want to leave. Fast forward to 2025 and I'm the one behind the decks spinning vinyl classics from 91-94. It was a beautiful sunny day and the vibe reflected it. Smiley happy house heads everywhere you looked. I wasn't sure...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 286
Here we go with the start of a new month and with it a new mix of fresh new sounds. I actually ran out of new tunes, it was a well discussed topic in the chatroom as to whether I had enough. So I decided to end the mix with two of my own tracks, Can't Play which was my second track made and my latest one, Beautiful Persons. I was also so happy to be able to play a track I melted in 1998 in my attic room in Nottingham. I got excited when Defected bought Strictly Rhythm's back catalogue but The Be...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 285
Last show of the month and we were lucky two get two guests on the show, em_laa and Jeremy Sylvester. The first show on VBR was a new mix of new(ish) tracks, so that leaves this week for crate digging and boy did we dig! At least three quarters of the mix is vinyl as I didn't switch to digital until 2005 and most of these tracks are much older than that. No preconceptions of what I was gonna play or even the style. We started super chill with Karizma's remix of John Legend's - Ordinary People. B...
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 284
No you are not seeing things! If you had told me at any point in the last 30 years that I would get to play b2b with the person that made so much of the music that I played back in 97/98 I’d have maybe peeeeeeed laughing. With over 350 releases under his belt and over 950 DJ gigs around the world there is no doubt Jeremy Sylvester is one of the godfathers of UK garage. Jeremy is a DJ who is capable of covering a vast repertoire of styles, blending them into one sound that has become synonymous a...
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 283
Week two on VBR and it's guest mix time! Joining me on the show this week was DJ em_laa (Emma McGuigan). As the name suggests she is in fact Irish. Em spent her Uni years in the heart of clubland, Liverpool and Manchester through the 90's and 00's. Now calling Sydney home for the last 2 years it's time to test the local scene and showcase her skills. Em played alone for the first hour to maximise your exposure to her sound. Then in the second hour we went b2b. I was blown away by her solo set at...
Jan 16, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 282
Last month we said goodbye to Pressure Radio after almost 13 years (Feb). This month we make our debut on Vocal Booth Radio, a new radio station set up and run by Andy Ward. We've moved from Thursdays fortnightly to Tuesdays weekly. The time remains the same. You'll be wanting the new URL....... www.vocalboothradio.com The chatroom is similar but with new updated emojis which kicked off a few Emoji wars in the chatroom. I didn't know what to expect for my first show, would anyone be there! I nee...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 281
This is my last ever radio show on Pressure Radio after almost 13 years! It all began with me wanting to be challenged to mix live, no pre-programming which is what I had been doing with my podcast series. The radio is challenging because there is so much more to stay on top of. You have to maintain a presence in the chatroom, but be careful not to get sucked into conversations or the music suddenly stops!! I reckon there are about 175+ mixes from the show so it has definitely left it's mark. As...
Dec 29, 2024•2 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 280
This mix is a recording from a recent event at the Civic Underground club in Sydney. It was the gloves off set for Mark Farina who had just done a four hour harbour boat party for Mushroom Jazz earlier that evening. I was asked if I wanted to do the closing set, and who would I wanted to go b2b with. Two names immediately came to mind, Ritmiq, a deep and minimal house DJ who I rate highly and iLLya Cooper a well known Sydney legend. In the end I went with iLLya, because of his long standing frie...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 279
This show was so much fun. Carrying on the guest mix series, we welcome local Sydney DJ legend Illya Cooper. Illya has been part of Sydney's house music fabric for over 25 years. Known or his jacking, jazzy rhythms but more so his insane technical ability. He's played with the biggest names out there including Basement Jaxx NYE on Bondi Beach to 20,000, Derek Carter and Mark Farina NYE and most recently closing for both Mousse T and Danny Rampling on consecutive weekends for Ministry of Sound. A...
Dec 10, 2024•2 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 278
This mix is the first in a new series of guest mixes on the show. Once a month I will showcase a local Sydney DJ on the show. Joining me on the show this time, ahead of his debut for Larry’s Herd is WIP Music’s @mikekon One of the ambassador’s of Sydney soulful Deep underground scene, Mike has been busy building an amazing following that guarantees a WIP party is not to be missed. Mike will be warming up for none other than Louie Vega next week @ Carousel. He is also playing with Osunlade on NYE...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 277
This mix is from the last show in August, but since we already have an August release out there it's more of a peak into the upcoming September mix. The beginning of the mix is like the start of the night. A nod to those minimal deep rolling, chugging sounds you hear when you first get to the club. We then have a flurry of vocal tunes thanks to Martin Evans (Brum's finest) who was in the chat room asking for female vocals again (he asks every time, sometimes I listen :)) We then get a little chu...
Sep 08, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 276
This months mix comes in nice and early. It's made up of mix of new tracks and ones I've Shazammed when out over the last few weeks. The result is a really nice blend of the old and new. Highlights for me include DJ Rolando's "Jaguar", Cinthie's "Mellifluous", DJ Chus's "The Feeling" and Spiritual South's "Green Gold". I've had this mix on repeat for the last four days which is usually a good sign! Tracklisting: 1. Kerri Chandler - What is Digital Soul 2. Patrick Khuzwayo, Bhunu Brill, Darian Cr...
Aug 06, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 275
This is a recording from a show I did recently for SoulfulHouseDJs in the UK. My friend Will Nice has a slot on Sundays and asked me to cover for a couple of weeks. Two became three and this mix is from the third show. The show was at 9pm Sunday night in Sydney where I am, but only 12pm Sunday lunchtime in the UK. As a result the mix stays very much on the soulful, vocal vibe out of respect. There were one or two technical issues during the show as it was a live stream on Mixcloud. I was scrambl...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 274
Back after six weeks off the airwaves. Internet problems, still ongoing but workable this week. It's actually a pretty chilled mix this month. The mix opens with lush deep vibes courtesy of Jimpster. We build gently with jazzy vibes along the way, the odd sing along here and there. The main part of the mix again has a UK feel, with those bumpy skippy warm beats. I really thought I was going to run out of new music and have to blend towards the end, but it worked out almost perfectly. Happy to re...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Season 2Ep. 273
This months show is a mix of new and nearly new. It was recorded during last weeks show on Pressure Radio and was not a new release destined for a podcast rollout. However I tried to play all of the tracks from the last couple of months that I bought but have yet to play. The result is a decent mix different enough to stand on it's own. The mix opens with three tracks from the same Italian artist - Key Tronics Ensemble from 89-92. Very different tracks that sounded great played together. We cont...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 272
This mix should have really been March 24 as it was recorded during the last show of the month. However I didn't get round to mastering it until April and it makes no sense to release a mix in April and call it March. I found it difficult to connect with Soulful House and House releases last month. As a result this mix is mainly deep mixed with UKG. There are a couple of classics towards the end, one an original, the other another remake, but a very good one. Big shout to Danny J Lewis, hugely u...
Apr 14, 2024•2 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 271
Here we go with the first mix of 2024. Half of the tunes have been sitting in my Traxsource basket since January, some since December! I'll be honest I wasn't feeling the urge to put a new mix out. The music wasn't inspiring enough. The radio shows were more nostalgic and I got back into rediscovering my older music and mixes. I did actually do this mix two weeks earlier on the previous show but my mixer was playing up and causing the tracks to skip which made mixing almost impossible. The flow ...
Feb 19, 2024•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 270
Longer than normal mix this month. Music shopping was slow after searching soulful house, garage and deep house and I was starting to worry. Then along came house and everything changed. I went from having not enough music for a show to way too much. It took longer to download and I ended up being 10 minutes late for the start of the radio show. I played longer to make up for it and so we have a mix that's 2hr 18m long. There is a lot of energy in this mix because of the extra lashings of house....
Nov 10, 2023•2 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 269
